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What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

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

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

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

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

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

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.