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

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

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.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

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

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

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

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

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

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

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

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

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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

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

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.

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

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.