Places gitchsup Wants to Go

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.

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

Because there's no place like home.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

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

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.