This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

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

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

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.

Because there's no place like home.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

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

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

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

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