The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

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

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

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

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

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

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

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

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

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.