With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

Leaning shelves and books galore, this location is a book lover's utopia.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

A repurposed railway tunnel with otherworldly acoustic characteristics.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

This statue pays tribute to the iconic musician in the place where he recorded his final studio album.

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

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