This bank is widely believed to be the inspiration for the offices of Philip Marlowe, the hardboiled detective featured in a number of Raymond Chandler's stories.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

A lovely summer day by the sea becomes a nightmare.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

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

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

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

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

The golden age of flight captured in a downtown airport.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.