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.

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

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

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

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

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

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

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.

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

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

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

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

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.