The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The diverse and sometimes odd cultural heritage of the Golden State is collected, examined, and displayed in this proud museum.

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

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

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

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

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

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

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.