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

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

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

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

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.

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

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

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

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

The last of its kind in the country.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

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

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

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