This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

The remains of this rugged homestead ranch offer a brief glimpse into a bygone era.

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

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

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

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

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

The American Home, Re-imagined.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

A tribute to long time Venice Beach resident, artist and actor Dennis Hopper.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

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

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

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.