Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

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.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

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

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

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

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

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

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

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.