This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

This colorful creation wasn't always a welcome part of Toronto's Moccasin Trail Park.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.