Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

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

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

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

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

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

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

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

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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

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

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

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.