A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

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

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

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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

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

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

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

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

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.