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

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

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

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

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

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

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.