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

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

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

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

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

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

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

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

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

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

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.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Because there's no place like home.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

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

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

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

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.