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

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

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

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

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

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

Because there's no place like home.

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

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

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

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

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

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.