Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

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

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.