A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.

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

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

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

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

This bank is widely believed to be the inspiration for the offices of Philip Marlowe, the hardboiled detective featured in a number of Raymond Chandler's stories.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

The modest, restored home of the legendary ragtime musician John William "Blind" Boone.

The only pig museum in the U.S. holds one of the world's largest collections of pig items.