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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

This childhood throwback has hundreds of arcade games and pinball machines to transport you back in time.

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

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

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

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

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

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

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

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

A lovely summer day by the sea becomes a nightmare.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

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

An enchanted arts space which assumes infinite identities.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for nearly a century.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

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

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.