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 historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for a century.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

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

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

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

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

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

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

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

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

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

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

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

An abandoned 1970s theme park that has been turned into a space for waterfront walking.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.