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The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

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

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

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

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

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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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

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

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

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

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

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

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

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

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

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

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

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

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

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.