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

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

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

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

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

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

This Neapolitan exhibition hall grants weird and wonderful insight into the intricacies of human biology.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.