Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

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

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

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

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

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.