Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

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

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.