A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

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

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

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

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.

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

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

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

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.