An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.

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

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

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

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

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

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

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

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.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

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