A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

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

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

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

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

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

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."