The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

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

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

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

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.