A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

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

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

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

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.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

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

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

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

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

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

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

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.

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.