The silent film master's legacy commemorated in all the right and wrong places.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

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

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

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

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

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

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

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

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

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

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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

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

A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.