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Muscle Beach
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
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River Under the First Bridge
An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.
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Galápagos Tortoise Skeleton
This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.
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Elliott Smith's Tribute Wall
Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.
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Brown Derby
Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.
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The Bonaventure Hotel
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.
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The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
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.
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Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden
This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.
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Soap Plant / Wacko
An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.
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Petersen Automotive Vault
Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.
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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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Barnsdall Art Park
This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.
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Musso and Frank Grill
This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.
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Japanese Garden at the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant
This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.
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Heritage Square Museum
Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
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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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Ferndell Nature Museum
A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.
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Angels Flight
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
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Venice of America Canals
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.
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The Magic Castle
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
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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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‘Urban Light’
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
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Pink's Hot Dogs
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
