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Los Angeles, California

Angels Flight

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

Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.
Added by Rachel Mansur
Los Angeles, California

The Magic Castle

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
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Los Angeles, California

Lummis Home ("El Alisal")

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.
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Los Angeles, California

Urban Light

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
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Los Angeles, California

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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Los Angeles, California

Philosophical Research Society

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.
Rebekah Otto Added by Rebekah Otto
Los Angeles, California

No Vacancy

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.
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Los Angeles, California

Ennis House

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.
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Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Sign

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

California Institute of Abnormalarts (CIA)

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.
Added by Jeshii
Los Angeles, California

Garden of Oz

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

Galco's Soda Pop Stop

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
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Los Angeles, California

Phantasma Gloria

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.
aerienne Added by aerienne
Los Angeles, California

Watts Towers

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
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Los Angeles, California

Old Zoo Picnic Area

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
Added by Lisa E
Los Angeles, California

Bradbury Building

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Los Angeles, California

The Echo Park Time Travel Mart

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.
anhie Added by anhie
Los Angeles, California

The Museum of Death

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.
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Los Angeles, California

The Last Bookstore

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
kcmick Added by kcmick
Los Angeles, California

Underground Tunnels of Los Angeles

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Las Vegas, Nevada

'Akhob'

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.
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Las Vegas, Nevada

The Big Edge

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.
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Paris, France

La Conciergerie

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.
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