The restored estate of a wealthy rancher was once at the heart of an unprecedented legal victory.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

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

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

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

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

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

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

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

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad 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.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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