Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

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

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

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

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

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

The final resting place of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and talented actors is on the grounds of a California Mission.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

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

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

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

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

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

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

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

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.