The historic single-screen movie theater is one of only four cinemas in the world to screen films in VistaVison format.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

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

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Oldest building in California still in use.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

The neighborhood surrounding the memorial was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in Louisiana.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.