A touching tribute to the "Wonky Donkey."

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

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

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

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

This statue celebrating early Hollywood is largely forgotten, while its twin replica at Walt Disney World has become an icon.

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

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

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 miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

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

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

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.

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

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