Built in 1899, this luxurious home was part of one of the first gated communities in Los Angeles.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

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

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Half of a house.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.