"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

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.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

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 Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

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

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

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

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

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

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

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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