The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

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

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

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

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

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

This bank is widely believed to be the inspiration for the offices of Philip Marlowe, the hardboiled detective featured in a number of Raymond Chandler's stories.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

Sit at the "Disney table,” where Walt and his team of "imagineers" once dined on the regular.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

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

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.