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Los Angeles, California

The Houdini Estate

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.
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Old Warner Bros. Theatre Inside Downtown Jewelry Exchange

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.
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Millennium Biltmore Hotel

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.
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Samuel Freeman House

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.
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Petersen Automotive Vault

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.
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Rustic Canyon's Murphy Ranch

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.
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Barnsdall Art Park

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

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

The final resting place of a space program monolith.
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Binoculars Building

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
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Angels Flight

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
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Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.
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Venice of America Canals

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.
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The Magic Castle

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
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Urban Light

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
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La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils

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

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.
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Clifton's Cafeteria

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

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

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.
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Hollywood Forever Cemetery

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

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

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.