Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

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

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

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

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

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

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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

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

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.