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

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

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

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

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

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

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

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.

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