Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.

There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

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

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for nearly a century.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

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

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

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

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

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 Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

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

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

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.

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

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

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