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

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

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

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

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.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

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

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.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.