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Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

This Chinese art gallery is hidden inside the Sunrider Corporation headquarters.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

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

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

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

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

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

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

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

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

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!