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.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

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

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

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

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

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

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.