An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

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

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

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

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.