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

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

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

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

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

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

A gap in the concrete has been transformed into a miniature playground for the mind.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.