Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

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

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

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

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

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

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

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

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

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.

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

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

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

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

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

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

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

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

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