A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

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

This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.

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

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

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

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

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

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

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

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

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

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A flying saucer has landed for good in the middle of a tiny Canadian town.