A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

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

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

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.

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

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

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

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.