Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

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

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

The last of its kind in the country.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

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

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

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

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

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

A newspaper building that made radio history.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.