A gorgeous gilded tower houses what may be the world's largest collection of gin.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The narrowest street in Paris.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

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

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

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

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

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.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

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

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

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

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

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

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

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

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

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.