A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

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

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

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

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

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

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

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.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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

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

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

Oldest building in California still in use.

America's first public mental health facility.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.