An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

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

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

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

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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

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

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

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

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

The largest drain hole in the world.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.