Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

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

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

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

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

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

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

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

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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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

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.