This sculpture presents commentary on a life in pursuit of profits.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

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

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

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

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.