The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

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

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A 9 year-old boy’s elaborate cardboard arcade in his father’s used auto parts store.

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

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

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

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

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

A military vehicle collection, showcasing how war transportation advanced from horse drawn artillery to self propelled cannons.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

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

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.