This week, LAist Studios debuts Imperfect Paradise: The Castle — Part 4. It's the story of how one hobbyist magician fell in love with a Los Angeles institution cloaked in mystery — the Magic Castle.

Nestled in the Hollywood Hills is a Los Angeles landmark that's tough to get into: The Magic Castle. A blue-grey Victorian style mansion with curved turrets, it looks like a place an animated princess ...

Perched on a hill overlooking Hollywood Boulevard, the Magic Castle is one of LA’s most storied landmarks, one that it’s impossible to see without wondering what’s inside. It’s a century-old mansion ...

Aidan Corcoran, left, Jordan Meller, Jacob Martinez and Anja Steyn are members of the Academy of Magical Arts' Junior Society at the Magic Castle. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Anja Steyn has ...

It’s not every day the average person can waltz into the Magic Castle in the heart of Hollywood. Typically, the exclusive venue hosts invitation-only affairs; in order to enter for an evening of ...

The conjurers have decided to stay put at Hollywood's Magic Castle. In a membership vote of the Academy of Magical Arts that concluded Monday, members say that about 92% of those voting endorsed a ...

Anja Steyn has three disparate loves: puzzles, horror movies and magic. And during her show at the Magic Castle two weeks ago, she not only predicted the horror film someone was thinking of — she ...

The Academy of Magical Arts has operated the Hollywood mansion for decades and has helped build it into one of the world’s ...