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

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

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

Political debates in a fabulous Pasadena castle.

Pasadena’s Stonehenge.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.

Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

This historic Chilean cemetery is the burial place of hundreds of European and American freethinkers and non-Catholics.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.