A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

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

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

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

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

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

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

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

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

This unique crypt designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his longtime friend was not completed in either man's lifetime.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

In the mid-19th century, an eight-sided house was the latest fad.

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.

A bronze ballot box stands at the spot where Susan B. Anthony voted illegally.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.