A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

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

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

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

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

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

These artworks take you traveling to mythical medieval Europe, the politicized grape fields of 1960s California, and deep below sea level.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

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

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

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

A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

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