An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A wealth of seafaring history displayed on the California coast.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

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

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

Experience the glam side of air travel without leaving the ground at this speakeasy.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A museum dedicated to the decorative arts from the 16th through 19th centuries.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

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

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

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

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.