Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

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

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Because there's no place like home.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

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

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.