A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

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

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

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

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

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

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

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

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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

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

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

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

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

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.