Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

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.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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