The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

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

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

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

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

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

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

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.

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

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.