This sculpture presents commentary on a life in pursuit of profits.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

A relief that wraps around the concourse of Los Angeles's World Trade Center marks one of the city's failed urban design plans.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

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

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

A tribute to the movie stars who fought to keep Beverly Hills separate from Los Angeles.

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

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

A forgotten tribute to a South American hero hidden in a cluster of traffic islands.

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

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49

Anza led the first Spanish settlers from Mexico to Monterey, California in the 1770s.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.

This beloved, whimsical weiner topped an eclectic variety of Los Angeles buildings, including a Thai restaurant and an advertising agency.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

The home of one of America's most beloved fictional characters has become a real world landmark.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

Twenty-three trees, each paired with a basalt stone, line a street in Chelsea, continuing an urban project started by German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.