Places Bartender Bea Wants to Go

It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

A sculpture of 18 beautiful clay mandalas on display at Warm Mineral Springs in Florida sends a message of world peace.

A cow in the road might subvert the flow of traffic but this one's above it all, quite literally.

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

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

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

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

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

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.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

Because there's no place like home.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

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