Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

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

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

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

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

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.