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Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

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

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

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

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

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

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

The short oil boom of Venice Beach, and its swift removal from the tourism-laden landscape.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

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.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

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

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.