Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

A tribute to the movie stars who fought to keep Beverly Hills separate from Los Angeles.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

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

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

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

The last of its kind in the country.

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