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

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

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

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

The last of its kind in the country.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

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.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

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

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.