Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

The last of its kind in the country.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

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

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

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

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

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

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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