The restored estate of a wealthy rancher was once at the heart of an unprecedented legal victory.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

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

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

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

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

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

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

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Oldest building in California still in use.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

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

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.