60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

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.

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

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

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

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.