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

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

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

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

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

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

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

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

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

Peek inside Howard Hughes' garage at this Hollywood-themed art installation.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

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

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

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

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."