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Cakeland.LA
A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Cahuenga Building
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.
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The Palms Rooftop Hot Dog
This beloved, whimsical weiner topped an eclectic variety of Los Angeles buildings, including a Thai restaurant and an advertising agency.
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Chase Mosaic Movie Montages
This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.
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Mt. Hollywood Tunnel
This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”
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Hieroglyph Murals at the Egyptian Theatre
The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.
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LAX Theme Building
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
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Jim Morrison Mural
Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.
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Brady Bunch Home
The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.
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Mel Brooks Handprint
There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.
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Angelus Temple
Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.
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Muscle Beach
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
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Capitol Records Building Morse Code
The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.
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Toto Canine Movie Star Memorial Marker
Because there's no place like home.
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Museum of Tolerance
A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.
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Musso and Frank Grill
This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
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Hollywood Tower Apartments
This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.
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Venice of America Canals
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.
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The Magic Castle
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
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Pink's Hot Dogs
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
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La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
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Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
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Griffith Observatory’s Tesla Coil
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
