An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

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

This childhood throwback has hundreds of arcade games and pinball machines to transport you back in time.

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

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

A repository of Pasadena history.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

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

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

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

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

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