Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

The diverse and sometimes odd cultural heritage of the Golden State is collected, examined, and displayed in this proud museum.

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

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

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

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

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

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

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

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.

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

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

An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

Amazingly detailed marble cinerary urns that once held the cremains of Roman elite.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.