This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

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

Family-run for more than a century, this pizzeria makes a unique mustard pie.

Grab a slice of pizza next to the remains of the "human monkey" who ran for mayor.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

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

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

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

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

An underground nightclub helped spark a "Singing Revolution."

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.