Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

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

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

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

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

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

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

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

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

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

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

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

A collection of retro plastic goods made with "the material of a thousand uses."