Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

Explore an early California pioneer's rancho hidden in LA's manufacturing hinterland.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

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

The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.

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

An enchanted arts space which assumes infinite identities.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

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

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

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

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.