The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

A repository of Pasadena history.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

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

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

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

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

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

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

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

"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."

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

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

Catch a glimpse of the elusive Peninsular bighorns right off of the desert freeway.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.