The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

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

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

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

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

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

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

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

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

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

The last of its kind in the country.

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

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

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

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

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.