Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

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

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

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

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

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

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

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

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

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

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

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.