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The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

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 neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

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

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

A historic pub with traditional Irish cuisine, fine drinks, and a paranormal past.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

The hollow trunk of this 650-year-old tree was used as a hideout by two Jewish brothers during World War II.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.