Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

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

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

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

The world's first disc golf course has the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a neighbor.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

Sit at the "Disney table,” where Walt and his team of "imagineers" once dined on the regular.

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

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

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

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

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