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Only a few pieces remain of a grand 16th-century water clock that once announced the changing hours with the sound of bells, gongs, and drums.

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

Home to a massive collection curated by the Burbank Historical Society, this museum examines every aspect of life in the city known for aviation and the film industry.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

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

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A remote one-room schoolhouse on Catalina Island, once a lifeline for local children, now abandoned.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Deep in the Richloam wilderness, a century-old country store is stocked with plenty of stories.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

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

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

This statue celebrating early Hollywood is largely forgotten, while its twin replica at Walt Disney World has become an icon.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

A 110-foot concrete dinosaur once sold fossil fuel from its belly.