An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

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

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

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

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

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

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

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

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

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

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.