The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

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

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

A spiritual center in the Santa Monica Mountains founded by Alice Coltrane after the death of her husband and fellow jazz musician John Coltrane.

Of all the origin stories for weed's secret code, this one likely has the goods.

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

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

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

The small family-run business has kept alive the fading art of creating beautiful handmade book covers.

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

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

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

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.