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

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

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

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

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

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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

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

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

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

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

The last of its kind in the country.

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

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

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