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

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

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

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

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

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

The short oil boom of Venice Beach, and its swift removal from the tourism-laden landscape.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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