Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

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

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

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

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

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

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.