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

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

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

An unexpected connection to Chicago awaits visitors on an island just off the California coast.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The historic single-screen movie theater is one of only four cinemas in the world to screen films in VistaVison format.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

One of two Southern California statues celebrating “The Duke,” this one towers over a Beverly Hills sidewalk.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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

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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

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 iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

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