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Chandelier Tree
Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Beyond Baroque
Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.
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Wells Fargo History Museum
Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.
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Hieroglyph Murals at the Egyptian Theatre
The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.
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Self-Realization Fellowship Meditation Gardens
This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.
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LAX Theme Building
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
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Stone Gates of Hollywood
These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."
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Aetherius Society's American Headquarters
"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."
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Los Angeles Breakfast Club
Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for a century.
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Free Little Library (#0924)
A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.
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Riverside Roundabout
An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.
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Miniature Garden of Whimsy
A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.
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The Music Box Steps
The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.
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Hollywood Heritage Museum
A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.
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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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Cactus Store
The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.
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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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Holyland Exhibition
Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.
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The Mar Vista Time Travel Mart
Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.
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Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine
This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.
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Lummis Home ("El Alisal")
A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.
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Philosophical Research Society
A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.
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Clifton's Cafeteria
Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."
