A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

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

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

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

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

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

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

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.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.