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

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

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

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

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

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

This L.A. fixture has been serving hot dogs out of a giant hot dog since 1946.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

This iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.

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

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

This California eatery has made a name for itself by embracing Asia's rich history of eating bugs.

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.

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

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

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

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

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.