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The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

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

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

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

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

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

Journey through a mesmerizing array of board games inside this museum.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

Along the edge of this fountain are 365 smaller fountains that represent the days of the year.

This museum is dedicated to the little known ancient Roman history of Vienna.

A history of heat is on display at this unique Austrian museum.

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.