Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The place where World War I began.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

Mid-Century Modern Meets Millionaire’s Row.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

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