One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

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

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

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

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

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

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

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.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

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

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

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

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

A tribute to the movie stars who fought to keep Beverly Hills separate from Los Angeles.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

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

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.