Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."

This California eatery has made a name for itself by embracing Asia's rich history of eating bugs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

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.

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

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 largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

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