The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

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

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

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.

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

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

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

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

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

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

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

Mexican food and folk art.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

The oldest standing structure in downtown San Diego.

An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.