On Wilshire Boulevard, across the street from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, you can find 10 sections of the Berlin Wall, the longest portion of this Cold War relic outside of Germany.
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The Dawn Mine
Back in the early days of Los Angeles, gold mining was a common pursuit in the San Gabriel Mountains above Pasadena. One of the most famous mines of the times — the Dawn Mine — can still be found today … if you know where to look.
Venice Peep Hole Box
Venice, California — If you’re paying attention, you may notice a rather unobtrusive, slightly rusted, metal box in the middle of a busy shopping district, beckoning you to take a peek inside …
Triforium
Near a dying mall in Downtown Los Angeles you can visit the world’s first polyphonoptic sculpture, an odd-looking, multi-colored tower of concrete and glass known as the Triforium. Unveiled in 1975 to wildly mixed reviews, it’s a conceptual creation well ahead of its time.
Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel
The Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel, immortalized in Warren Zevon’s 1976 classic “Desperadoes Under the Eaves,” no longer exists. Instead, where it once stood, you can find the Princess Grace Apartments.
Jessica Triangle
In Mount Washington, you can find a small triangle of land so beloved by the neighborhood, it was given its own name.
Great Wall of Los Angeles
In North Hollywood you can view a painted mural that tells the entire history of Los Angeles along a half-mile stretch of a flood control channel.
Venice Canals
Venice, California has a (somewhat) secluded series of networked canals, patterned after those of its namesake Italian city.
Ben Franklin Statue
In an out-of-the-way corner of Glendale’s Exchange, you’ll find a bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin sitting alone on a bench.
Four Ladies of Hollywood
Four famous ladies of Hollywood history beckon you to walk Hollywood Boulevard and take in the stars along the Walk of Fame.
Los Angeles Explorers Guild 