The first all glass and steel residence in the United States.

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

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

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

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Mexico's first public cable car soars over the congested streets outside Mexico City.

A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."