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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

Mexican food and folk art.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

Drink a Guinness under the wings of Reagan's retired Air Force One in his presidential library.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

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

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

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.