This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

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.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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.

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

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

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

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

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.