Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

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

Because there's no place like home.

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

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

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

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

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

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

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

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.