This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

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

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

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

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

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

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

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

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.