Unique collection containing a wide and curious range of contraceptive items.

On a wall in Cleveland, Ohio find the story of a highly connected fictional community of organisms that created remarkable, lasting structures.

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

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

A lovely summer day by the sea becomes a nightmare.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

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

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

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

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

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

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.