Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

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

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

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

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

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

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

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

Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.