A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

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

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

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.

Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.