From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

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

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.

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

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

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

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

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

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

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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Once a purveyor of Santeria supplies, religious products , and household sundries, now closed.