Los Angeles, California
‘Urban Light’
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Los Angeles, California
Millennium Biltmore Hotel
This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.
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Marilyn Monroe's Crypt
Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.
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Barnsdall Art Park
This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.
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Chicken Boy
The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.
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The Music Box Steps
The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.
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Los Angeles Zoo Botanical Gardens
The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.
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Stay On Main Hotel
This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.
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Binoculars Building
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
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La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
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Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine
This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.
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Snow White Cottages
Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.
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Pink's Hot Dogs
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
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Ennis House
This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.
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Bob Baker Marionette Theater
Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.
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Tiki-Ti
Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.
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No Vacancy
A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.
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The Magic Castle
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
Permanently Closed
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The Silent Movie Theater
The last of its kind in the country.
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Hollywood Sign
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
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Galco's Soda Pop Stop
Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
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Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Permanently Closed
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Clifton's Cafeteria
Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."
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Watts Towers
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
