An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

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

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

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

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

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

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

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

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

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

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

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.