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

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

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

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

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

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

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

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

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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

Because there's no place like home.

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

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

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

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

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

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.