A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

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

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

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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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

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

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

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

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.