Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

The last of its kind in the country.

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

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

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

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

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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

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.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

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

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.