The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Because there's no place like home.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

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

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

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

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

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

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

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

It would be a crime to miss it.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.