Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A cow in the road might subvert the flow of traffic but this one's above it all, quite literally.

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

An enchanted arts space which assumes infinite identities.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

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

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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

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

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.