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

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

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

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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.

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

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

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

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

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

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

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

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

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

The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.