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

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

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

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

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

Because there's no place like home.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

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

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.