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"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

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

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

A historic chapel filled with colorful murals and a colorful past.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

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

Don't bother sending any mail to this ghost town.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.

The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for a century.