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

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

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.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

This hands-on math museum believes in turning concepts into constructs.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.