This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

This childhood throwback has hundreds of arcade games and pinball machines to transport you back in time.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.