Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

This California eatery has made a name for itself by embracing Asia's rich history of eating bugs.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

The short oil boom of Venice Beach, and its swift removal from the tourism-laden landscape.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

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.

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

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

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

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

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

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

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

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

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

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

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.