One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

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

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

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

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

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

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

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

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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.

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

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.