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

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

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

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

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

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

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

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

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

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

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

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

The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.