A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

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

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

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

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

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

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

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