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Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.

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

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

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

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

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

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

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

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

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

This Chinese art gallery is hidden inside the Sunrider Corporation headquarters.