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Dearly Departed Museum
A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Los Angeles' Museum of Broken Relationships
Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.
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Velveteria
The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.
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Skeletons in the Closet
Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.
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Odd Fellows Cemetery
A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.
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Hieroglyph Murals at the Egyptian Theatre
The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.
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The Houdini Estate
A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.
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Touch of Venice Mural
A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.
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Snow White Cafe
This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.
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Stone Gates of Hollywood
These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."
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The Baked Potato Jazz Club
From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.
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Camera Collection at the American Society of Cinematographers
Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.
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Old Trapper's Lodge Statues
A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.
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Brown Derby
Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.
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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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Fire Survivors of the Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round
Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.
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Egasse-Braasch House
The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.
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Candy Cane Lane
Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.
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Miniature Garden of Whimsy
A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.
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Millennium Biltmore Hotel
This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.
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The Music Box Steps
The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.
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Box Canyon
The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.
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El Bordello Alexandra Apartments
An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.
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Hollywood Heritage Museum
A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.
