Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

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

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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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

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 rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

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

Surprisingly Delicious Asian-Style Hot Dogs.

Antiques shop filled with all manner of curious collectibles.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

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

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

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

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

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

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

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

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.