Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

Because there's no place like home.

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

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

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

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

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

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.