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

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

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

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

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

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

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

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.

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

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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