This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

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

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for nearly a century.

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

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

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

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

The silent film master's legacy commemorated in all the right and wrong places.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

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