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A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

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

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

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

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

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

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

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

The last of its kind in the country.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

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

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

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

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.