The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

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

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

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

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

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

Behind legendary Meltdown Comics is a marker for an engineered musical roadway of the Tehachapi, the great road builders of Kcymaerxthaere.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.