A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

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

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

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

The last of its kind in the country.

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

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

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 symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

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

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

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

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

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

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

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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