Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

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.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

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

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

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

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

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

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

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

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.