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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

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

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

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

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

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

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

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