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.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

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

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

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

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

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

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