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

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

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

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

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

Because there's no place like home.

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

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

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

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

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

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

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

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