L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

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.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

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

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

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

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

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