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

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

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

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

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

Because there's no place like home.

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

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

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

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

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.

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

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

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

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