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.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

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

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

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

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

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

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

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

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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

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

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.