On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

It's home to the taxidermy remains of Peter, the dog who helped convict a murderer.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

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

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

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The home of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle is now a library and museum dedicated to his memory.

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