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Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Los Angeles, California

Pink's Hot Dogs

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
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The Mar Vista Time Travel Mart

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.
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Hollywood Sign

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

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.
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Chemosphere

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.
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Millennium Biltmore Hotel

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.
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Binoculars Building

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
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Idle Hour

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

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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.
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Mel Brooks Handprint

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

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

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

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.
Los Angeles, California

LAX Theme Building

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
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Hieroglyph Murals at the Egyptian Theatre

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

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.
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Chase Mosaic Movie Montages

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.
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Capitol Records Building Morse Code

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.
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Venice Beach Poet's Monument

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

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.
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Korean Bell of Friendship

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
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Soap Plant / Wacko

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.