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At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

The abandoned remains of this Victorian brewery hide crumbling bowling alleys and rusting industrial gear.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

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

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.