"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."

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

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

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

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

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

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

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

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

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

The last of its kind in the country.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.