Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

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

This Boy Scout retreat acted as "Friday the 13th"'s original Camp Crystal Lake.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

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

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

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

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

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

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.

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

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

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

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

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.