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.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

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

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

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 quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

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

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

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

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

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

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.

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

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

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

A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.