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

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

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

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

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

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

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

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

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.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

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

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

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

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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

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

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.