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 cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

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

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.

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

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

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

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

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

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

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

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

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

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

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.