A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

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

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

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.

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

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

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.