What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

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

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

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."

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

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

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

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

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

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

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

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.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

In a forgotten Central Valley industrial park lies the busiest railroad junction in California.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.