World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

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

Because there's no place like home.

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

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

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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

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