Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

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

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

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

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

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

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

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

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

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

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.