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

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

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.

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

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

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

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

This park is home to all 8 swan species, and also has extensive plantings of Japanese Iris.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.