A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

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

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

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

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

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

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

A tribute to long time Venice Beach resident, artist and actor Dennis Hopper.

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.

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

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

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

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

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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