This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

An Airy Would-Be Solution to a Housing Shortage.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

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

This house turned museum chronicles the life and work of Richard Neutra.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

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

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

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

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

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.