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

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

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

Half of a house.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

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

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

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

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.