Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

The last of its kind in the country.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

This grand memorial remembers the 20 members of the Los Angeles Times killed when the office was bombed.

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

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

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

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

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.