A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

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

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

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 awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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

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

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

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

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.