An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

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

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

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

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.