This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

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

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

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.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

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

Where unreadable addresses are read, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.