Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

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

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

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

A family agreed to sell their property to Disney on the condition that this tree, planted as a wedding gift, would not be removed.

Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

The longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

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

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.