Because there's no place like home.

A tiny rock climber scales the headstone of a beloved director.

The diverse and sometimes odd cultural heritage of the Golden State is collected, examined, and displayed in this proud museum.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

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

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

One of two Southern California statues celebrating “The Duke,” this one towers over a Beverly Hills sidewalk.

A forgotten tribute to a South American hero hidden in a cluster of traffic islands.

Anza led the first Spanish settlers from Mexico to Monterey, California in the 1770s.

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49

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

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

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

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 relief that wraps around the concourse of Los Angeles's World Trade Center marks one of the city's failed urban design plans.

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

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

Get your footwear fixed inside a 30-foot-long shoe built by an obsessive cobbler in 1947.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.