A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

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.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

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.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

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.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

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.

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

Peek inside Howard Hughes' garage at this Hollywood-themed art installation.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

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

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

The first all glass and steel residence in the United States.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.