A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

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

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

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

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

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

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

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

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

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

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

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

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.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.