A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

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

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

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

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

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

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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