Los Angeles, California
Janis Joplin’s Hotel Room
The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.
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Los Angeles, California
The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.
Los Angeles, California
The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.
Los Angeles, California
Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.
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Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.
Los Angeles, California
The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.
Los Angeles, California
This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.
Los Angeles, California
From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.
Los Angeles, California
This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.
Los Angeles, California
A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.
Los Angeles, California
This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.
Los Angeles, California
The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.
Los Angeles, California
The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.
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Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."
Los Angeles, California
Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.
Los Angeles, California
This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.
Los Angeles, California
Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.
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The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.
Los Angeles, California
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Los Angeles, California
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
Los Angeles, California
Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.
Los Angeles, California
This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.
Los Angeles, California
Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.
Los Angeles, California
A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.
Los Angeles, California
The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.