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Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

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

These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.

This house turned museum chronicles the life and work of Richard Neutra.

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for a century.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

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

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

The hellish conditions of this abandoned mine that snakes beneath the Pacific Ocean gave it its diabolic name.

This decaying complex from the early 1900s was once the site of massive iron and fluorite mines.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

The former home of silent film star Harry Carry.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.