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

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.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

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

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

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

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

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

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

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

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

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

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”