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.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

A lovely summer day by the sea becomes a nightmare.

The Hollywood home of Kermit the Frog and Yoda used to be Charlie Chaplin's film studio.

Behind legendary Meltdown Comics is a marker for an engineered musical roadway of the Tehachapi, the great road builders of Kcymaerxthaere.

An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.

Peek inside Howard Hughes' garage at this Hollywood-themed art installation.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

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

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

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

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

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

A forgotten tribute to a South American hero hidden in a cluster of traffic islands.

Anza led the first Spanish settlers from Mexico to Monterey, California in the 1770s.

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49

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.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

Hidden away among the quiet streets of Beverly Hills, this small park is a haven for walkers and wildlife.