Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

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

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

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

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

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

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

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

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

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

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

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