Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.