This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

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

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

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

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

This statue celebrating early Hollywood is largely forgotten, while its twin replica at Walt Disney World has become an icon.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

This iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.

Glass-walled, mid-century modern showroom for cars, still in operation.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

A monolith replica monument of Jean Ribault commemorating the landing of the French in the New World.

This replica of a 16th-century French settlement memorializes one of the earliest attempts at a European settlement in North America.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”