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

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

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

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

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

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

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

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 unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

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

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

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

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.