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

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

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

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

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

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

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

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

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

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

Because there's no place like home.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Celebrating the accomplishments of Black firefighters in Los Angeles.

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

A forgotten tribute to a South American hero hidden in a cluster of traffic islands.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

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

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.