Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

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

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

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

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

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

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

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

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.

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

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

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

Mexican food and folk art.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.