Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

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

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

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

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

This museum explores iconic buildings and the cultural heritage of Malaysia in miniature form.