This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

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

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

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.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

This childhood throwback has hundreds of arcade games and pinball machines to transport you back in time.

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