A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

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

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

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

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

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

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

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Because there's no place like home.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

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

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.