Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

The first home and studio that belonged to the famous architect.

This Rodin sculpture in Cleveland bears the lasting marks of a 1970 bombing.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

Formerly Fire Station No. 27, the museum is a hidden gem in the heart of Hollywood.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

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

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.