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

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

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

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

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

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

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

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

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

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

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

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

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

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