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

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

Mexican food and folk art.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

A large instrument played by the wind.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

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

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

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

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

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.