San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

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

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

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

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

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

This house turned museum chronicles the life and work of Richard Neutra.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

The first all glass and steel residence in the United States.

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.