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.

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.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

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 beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

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

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

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.

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

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

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

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.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

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