LA - Off the Beaten Path

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

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

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

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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

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

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.