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.

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.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

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

The last of its kind in the country.

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

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