The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

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

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

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.

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

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

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

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.