Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

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

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

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

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.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

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

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

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.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

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

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.