A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

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

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

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

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

Because there's no place like home.

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

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.