Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

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

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

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

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.