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.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

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

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

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

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

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

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

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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 traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.