This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

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

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

Admire a Lilliputian replica of the fast food outlet.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."