Bennett Rea's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
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Los Angeles, California

Feral Cat Colonies of Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.
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Chicken Boy

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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.
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Los Angeles Zoo Botanical Gardens

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.
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Japanese Garden at the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant

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

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

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

The final resting place of a space program monolith.
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Bob Baker Marionette Theater

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.
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Idle Hour

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

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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
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The Mar Vista Time Travel Mart

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.
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Ferndell Nature Museum

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.
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Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.
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Venice of America Canals

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.
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The Magic Castle

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
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La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils

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

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
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Tiki-Ti

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.
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Clifton's Cafeteria

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

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

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.