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

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

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

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

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

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.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

The remains of this hell for leather wild west town can still be found in the Arizona desert.