The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

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

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

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

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

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.

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

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

The last of its kind in the country.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.