The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

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

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

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

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

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

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

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

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

Because there's no place like home.

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

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

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

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

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

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.