These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

The last of its kind in the country.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

A tribute to long time Venice Beach resident, artist and actor Dennis Hopper.

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.