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Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

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

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

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

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

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

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

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.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.