Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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.

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

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

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

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.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

Will Geer's outdoor theater started as a mountain retreat for actors, musicians, and other artists who were blacklisted during the Red Scare.

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

The restored estate of a wealthy rancher was once at the heart of an unprecedented legal victory.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

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

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

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