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

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.

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

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

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

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

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

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.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

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

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

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

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.