A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

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

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

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

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.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

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

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.