A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

The last of its kind in the country.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

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

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

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

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

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.

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

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

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

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

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

The smallest country in the world.