First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

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

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

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.