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.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

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

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

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

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

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.