In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

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

An Airy Would-Be Solution to a Housing Shortage.

A repository of Pasadena history.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

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

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

Because there's no place like home.