It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.