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

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

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

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

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

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

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.