The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

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

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A land of debatable treasure.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

A middle school sports field that many believe was the true location of the first successful powered flight - and not by the Wright Brothers.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.