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Venice Beach Freakshow
The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.
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Necromance
Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.
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Cakeland.LA
A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.
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River Under the First Bridge
An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.
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Capitol Records Building Morse Code
The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.
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Muscle Beach
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
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Brown Derby
Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.
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The Baked Potato Jazz Club
From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.
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Ballerina Clown
A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.
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Mel Brooks Handprint
There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.
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Triforium
A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.
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Hollywood Sculpture Garden
This collector's home is a constant work in progress.
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UCLA Meteorite Collection
What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection.
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Samuel Freeman House
This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.
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Highland Park Bowl
L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.
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Global Effects, Inc.
Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.
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Miniature Garden of Whimsy
A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.
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Chicken Boy
The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.
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Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.
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Cactus Store
The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
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Café Jack
A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.
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The Mar Vista Time Travel Mart
Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.
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Bob Baker Marionette Theater
Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.
