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Marciano Art Foundation
A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.
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Aetherius Society's American Headquarters
"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."
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almighty Opp
A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.
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Tom House
Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.
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Historic Orange Grove
The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.
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Box Canyon
The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.
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Ferndell Nature Museum
A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.
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Old Warner Bros. Theatre Inside Downtown Jewelry Exchange
The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.
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Cactus Store
The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.
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The Adventurers' Club of Los Angeles
Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.
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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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The Moore Lab of Zoology
One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.
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Café Jack
A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.
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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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Thompson Home
Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."
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The Masque
The remains of the first punk club in L.A.
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Townhouse Bar and Speakeasy
From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.
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Templo Santa Muerte
A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.
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Halloween House
Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.
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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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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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Idle Hour
The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.
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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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Holyland Exhibition
Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.
