World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

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

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

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

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.