The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

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

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

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

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.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.