An unexpected and peaceful oasis on a hillside.

Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

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

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

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

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

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