The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.

A tribute to long time Venice Beach resident, artist and actor Dennis Hopper.

A lovely summer day by the sea becomes a nightmare.

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

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

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

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

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

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

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

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

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.