One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.

This bookstore for weird fiction doubles as Providence’s de facto center for information about H.P. Lovecraft.

This overlooked courtyard and museum celebrate Benjamin Franklin's life and achievements.

Time travel back to the 19th century and catch an old-timey baseball game at a 209-acre recreated village.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This grand memorial remembers the 20 members of the Los Angeles Times killed when the office was bombed.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The man who voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and more has a headstone reading, "That's all, folks!"

Because there's no place like home.

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.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

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

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

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

The three biggest silent film stars once shot iconic scenes here.

This bank is widely believed to be the inspiration for the offices of Philip Marlowe, the hardboiled detective featured in a number of Raymond Chandler's stories.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

This iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.