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Box Canyon
The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Wells Fargo History Museum
Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.
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The Silent Movie Theater
The last of its kind in the country.
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Venice Post Office's Abbot Kinney Mural
An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.
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Eagle Rock
The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.
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Gower Gulch
The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.
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Crossroads of the World
A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.
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Brady Bunch Home
The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.
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Fort Macarthur Museum
A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.
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The Babylon Court
This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.
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Hieroglyph Murals at the Egyptian Theatre
The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.
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Richfield Tower's Art Deco Doors
Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.
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LAX Theme Building
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
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River Under the First Bridge
An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.
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Muscle Beach
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
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Capitol Records Building Morse Code
The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.
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Mel Brooks Handprint
There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.
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Ballerina Clown
A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.
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Stone Gates of Hollywood
These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."
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Angelus Temple
Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.
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The Bonaventure Hotel
The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.
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Brown Derby
Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.
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The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
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.
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Triforium
A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.
