One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Because there's no place like home.

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

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

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

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

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

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.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.