A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

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

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

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

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

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.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

Behind legendary Meltdown Comics is a marker for an engineered musical roadway of the Tehachapi, the great road builders of Kcymaerxthaere.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

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

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

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

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

The last of its kind in the country.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.