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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

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

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

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

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

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

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

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

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

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.

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

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 private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.