This statue celebrating early Hollywood is largely forgotten, while its twin replica at Walt Disney World has become an icon.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

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

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

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

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

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

This museum tells a lively, personal, and wide-ranging history of jazz music.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

Unusual white sandstone formations in the Los Padres National Forest.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.