An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

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.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

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

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

Explore an early California pioneer's rancho hidden in LA's manufacturing hinterland.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.