This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This tablet indicates where the tragic monarch returned to begin her tumultuous downfall.

This man-made waterfall was designed to help improve access for spawning salmon.

A multi-storied painting that depicts the area's rich and diverse maritime history.

Inside this art museum resides one of Glasgow's most famous musical instruments.

Every New Year's Day, locals don gaudy costumes and dive into the frigid Firth of Forth.

The world's first experimental nutritionist is memorialized as the "Hippocrates of naval medicine."