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Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

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

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

Blink and you may miss this rustic pioneer cemetery.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

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

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

A repository of Pasadena history.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.