Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

These artworks take you traveling to mythical medieval Europe, the politicized grape fields of 1960s California, and deep below sea level.

A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.

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

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

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.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

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.