This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Antiques by the Bay.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

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

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.

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

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

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

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

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.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

The last of its kind in the country.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

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

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

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

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.