World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

This sculpture presents commentary on a life in pursuit of profits.

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

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

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

Once a year, the ruins of an ancient village come alive with hundreds of glowing farolitos.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

A monument commemorating how a frontier town got its unusual name.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A flat-topped butte that makes a constant backdrop for Western art.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.