A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

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

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

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

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

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.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

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

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

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

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

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

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.