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

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

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

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

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

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

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

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

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

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