Once a purveyor of Santeria supplies, religious products , and household sundries, now closed.

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

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

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

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

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

The last of its kind in the country.

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

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

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

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

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

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.