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

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

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

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

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.

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

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

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

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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

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

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

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