Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

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

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

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

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

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

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

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

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

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

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.