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

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.

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

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

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

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

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

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Something about this Brazilian city is slightly askew... literally.

This majestic building, where Brazil's coffee brokers once bought and sold beans, now houses a coffee museum.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

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

These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.

A shrine-like museum entirely dedicated to soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.