Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

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

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

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

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

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

During World War II, over 13,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in this camp in the Idaho desert.

A former sanitarium where soldiers were sent to recover in the healing waters of hot springs.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

An impressive waterfall nestled in the cliffs of Idaho's Snake River Canyon.

This underground cave located in the most barren reaches of Idaho is filled with ice year-round.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.