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This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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

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

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

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

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

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

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.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

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

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

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

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.