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

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

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

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

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

This humble American Craftsman home is where the Disney brothers’ animation business took flight in 1923.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

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

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

A 9 year-old boy’s elaborate cardboard arcade in his father’s used auto parts store.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.