This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

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

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

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

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

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

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