Architectural Oddities in Los Angeles

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

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

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

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

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

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

A cow in the road might subvert the flow of traffic but this one's above it all, quite literally.