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The Many Plaques of Buster Keaton Studios
The silent film master's legacy commemorated in all the right and wrong places.
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'Remnal of a Senging Chave'
Behind legendary Meltdown Comics is a marker for an engineered musical roadway of the Tehachapi, the great road builders of Kcymaerxthaere.
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Giant Scissors
Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.
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Whimsical Metal Sculptures on Palms and Marco Place
Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.
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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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Soap Plant / Wacko
An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.
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The Music Box Steps
The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.
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Miniature Garden of Whimsy
A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.
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Chemosphere
This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.
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John Sowden House
Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.
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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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Linda Vista Hospital
A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.
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Mosaic Tile House
Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.
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Ennis House
This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.
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Lummis Home ("El Alisal")
A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.
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Galco's Soda Pop Stop
Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
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Garden of Oz
Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.
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Hollywood Sign
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
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Bronson Cave
It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.
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Phantasma Gloria
One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.
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Watts Towers
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
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Bradbury Building
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
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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.
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Old Zoo Picnic Area
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
