A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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

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

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

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

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

The former home of silent film star Harry Carry.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.