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Janis Joplin’s Hotel Room
The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.
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Highland Park Bowl
L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.
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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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Wat Thai Temple Food Market
Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.
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Japanese Cultural Village
A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.
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Soap Plant / Wacko
An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.
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Los Angeles Zoo Botanical Gardens
The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.
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Holyland Exhibition
Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.
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Japanese Garden at the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant
This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.
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Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.
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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, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
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Rosenheim Mansion
This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.
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The El Segundo Butterfly Preserve
A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.
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The Masque
The remains of the first punk club in L.A.
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The Mar Vista Time Travel Mart
Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.
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St. Vincent Court
A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.
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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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Ferndell Nature Museum
A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.
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Velaslavasay Panorama
Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.
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Screen Novelties
This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.
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Lummis Home ("El Alisal")
A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.
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The Magic Castle
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
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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.
