An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

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

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

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

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

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

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

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

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

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

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

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

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.