The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

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

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

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

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

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

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.