The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

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

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

A tribute to the movie stars who fought to keep Beverly Hills separate from Los Angeles.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

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

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

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.