Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

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

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

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

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.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

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

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.