The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

The final resting place of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and talented actors is on the grounds of a California Mission.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

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

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.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This tiny museum immortalizes the birthplace of an iconic Chinese-Korean noodle dish.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

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

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

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

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

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

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.