Some charming, but sadly, unloved animal statues call this park home.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

This museum houses two of Mexico's most impressive Aztec monoliths.

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

This archeological site hidden behind Teotihuacán's pyramids shelters 1600-year-old murals.

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

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

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.