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

Built in 1899, this luxurious home was part of one of the first gated communities in Los Angeles.

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.

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

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

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

The last family-owned, single-screen moviehouse in La La Land.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

Ghost hunters have fueled up at this diner for more than a century.

This beloved, whimsical weiner topped an eclectic variety of Los Angeles buildings, including a Thai restaurant and an advertising agency.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

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

The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.