This grand memorial remembers the 20 members of the Los Angeles Times killed when the office was bombed.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.

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

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

A tribute to the movie stars who fought to keep Beverly Hills separate from Los Angeles.

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

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."

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

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

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

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

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

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

The mysterious, untimely death of a Canned Heat band member still haunts this unfinished home.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.