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.

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

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

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.