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

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

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

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

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

This sculpture presents commentary on a life in pursuit of profits.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

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

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

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

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

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.