An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

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

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

For over 20 years, Lil Toot has delighted guests with narrated boat rides between Stearns Wharf and Santa Barbara Harbor, becoming a beloved local legend and top-rated experience for visitors.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.