This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

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

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

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

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

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

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.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.

Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

The heart of Little Saigon in Orange County is also the first and largest Vietnamese shopping center in the U.S.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.