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.

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

The restored estate of a wealthy rancher was once at the heart of an unprecedented legal victory.

A cow in the road might subvert the flow of traffic but this one's above it all, quite literally.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.