Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

The diverse and sometimes odd cultural heritage of the Golden State is collected, examined, and displayed in this proud museum.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.