Agua Dulce, California
Vasquez Rocks
Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Watts Towers
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
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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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Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
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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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Los Angeles Fire Department Museum
Formerly Fire Station No. 27, the museum is a hidden gem in the heart of Hollywood.
Los Angeles, California
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum
A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.
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Crossroads of the World
A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.
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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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The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
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.
Permanently Closed
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The Babylon Court
This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.
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The Magic Castle
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
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Samuel Freeman House
This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.
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Hollywood Heritage Museum
A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.
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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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‘Urban Light’
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
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Helios House
First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.
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Marilyn Monroe's Crypt
Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.
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Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden
This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.
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UCLA Meteorite Collection
What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection.
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Rustic Canyon's Murphy Ranch
World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.
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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 Mar Vista Time Travel Mart
Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.
