This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

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

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

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

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

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

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

Because there's no place like home.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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

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

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

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

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.

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