A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.

Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

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

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.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.