A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

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

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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

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.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

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

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

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

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

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.