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

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

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

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

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

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

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

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

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

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

This Chinese art gallery is hidden inside the Sunrider Corporation headquarters.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

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

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.