The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

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

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

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

The mysterious, untimely death of a Canned Heat band member still haunts this unfinished home.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

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

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

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

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

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

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

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

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

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.