Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

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

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

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

A tribute to long time Venice Beach resident, artist and actor Dennis Hopper.

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

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

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

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

The diverse and sometimes odd cultural heritage of the Golden State is collected, examined, and displayed in this proud museum.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

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

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.