An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

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

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

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

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

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

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.