Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

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

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Where the oil industry began.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

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

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

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