A library and museum dedicated to typography.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

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

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

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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

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

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

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

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.