Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

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.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

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

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

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

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

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

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

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

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

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

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

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