It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.

The last of its kind in the country.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

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

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

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

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

The world's first disc golf course has the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a neighbor.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.