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Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

Because there's no place like home.

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

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

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

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

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

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