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Ferndell Nature Museum

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour

The final resting place of a space program monolith.
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Binoculars Building

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

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.
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Idle Hour

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.
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Snow White Cottages

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.
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Rosenheim Mansion

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.
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St. Vincent Court

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.
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The Masque

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.
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The El Segundo Butterfly Preserve

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

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.
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Angels Flight

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
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Peace Awareness Labyrinth and Gardens

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.
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Venice of America Canals

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.
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Screen Novelties

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.
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Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.
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Velaslavasay Panorama

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.
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Lummis Home ("El Alisal")

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.
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No Vacancy

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.
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Linda Vista Hospital

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.
Los Angeles, California

Los Feliz Murder Mansion

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

Ennis House

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.