“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The oldest home in Huntington Beach, the farmhouse is a monument to the region's pioneer past.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

Working mining and drilling equipment demonstrate 150 years of energy history.

One of California's oldest continually used high schools has an interesting history, both on and off screen.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.