Los Angeles Adventures

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

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

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

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

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

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

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

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

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

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

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

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

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

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

The last of its kind in the country.