Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

This house turned museum chronicles the life and work of Richard Neutra.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

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

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

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

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

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

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

Celebrating the accomplishments of Black firefighters in Los Angeles.

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

A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

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