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A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

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

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

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

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

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

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

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

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

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

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

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

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

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

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

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

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.