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

An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

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

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.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for a century.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

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

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

The last of its kind in the country.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.