Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

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

A repository of Pasadena history.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

Mid-Century Modern Meets Millionaire’s Row.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Political debates in a fabulous Pasadena castle.

The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.

A landmark for a trailblazer for female architects and the designer of one of the most famous and opulent buildings in California.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.

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

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.