World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

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

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.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

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

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

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

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

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.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.