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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

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

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

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

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.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

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