This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

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

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

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

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

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

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

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.