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Blink and you may miss this rustic pioneer cemetery.

This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.

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

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

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

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

Will Geer's outdoor theater started as a mountain retreat for actors, musicians, and other artists who were blacklisted during the Red Scare.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

The diverse and sometimes odd cultural heritage of the Golden State is collected, examined, and displayed in this proud museum.

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

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

The Fabric Workshop and Museum showcases fabric and mixed media work by artists of great international renown as well as local and outsider artists.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

This gray utility box is not full of wires; it is a tiny, operational theater hiding on a Downtown Los Angeles sidewalk.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.