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

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

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

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

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 Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

A cow in the road might subvert the flow of traffic but this one's above it all, quite literally.

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

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

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.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

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

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.