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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

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

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

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

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

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

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

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

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

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.