A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

An Airy Would-Be Solution to a Housing Shortage.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

A tribute to the movie stars who fought to keep Beverly Hills separate from Los Angeles.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

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

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

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

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

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

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

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

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.

The mysterious, untimely death of a Canned Heat band member still haunts this unfinished home.