Places teller2teller Wants to Go

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

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

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

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

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

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

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.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Because there's no place like home.

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.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

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

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.