A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

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

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

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

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

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.

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

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

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

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

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

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

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

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.