An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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 shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

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.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

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

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

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

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