An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

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

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

"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.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

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

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.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

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

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

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

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

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.