Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

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

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

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.

The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

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

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

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

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

A collection of crumbling mansions stand as a reminder of a more prosperous time in this Indian village.

A once-stately trading fort is now a ruin slowly being consumed by the sea.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.