The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

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

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

Formerly Fire Station No. 27, the museum is a hidden gem in the heart of Hollywood.

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

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

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

Beautiful carved tunnels.

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.