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

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

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

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.