A park with one large cat sculpture and 15 smaller ones, all painted by different Colombian artists.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

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

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.