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

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

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

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

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

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

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

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