Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

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

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

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

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

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

A lovely summer day by the sea becomes a nightmare.

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

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

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.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

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

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

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

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.