3 Hour Ghost Bus Tour in Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles

This historic street leads to LA’s first Mexican restaurant, and first opened its doors on April 30, 1930, for the opening night party of Olvera Street. The cafe brought traditional Mexican flavors to the neighborhood, along with lively mariachi bands and colorful dancers. More recently, the cafe is said to...

Construction began on Pico House in 1869, with the goal of creating the most luxurious hotel west of the Mississippi River. The man behind the building was a successful businessman by the name of Don Pío de Jesús Pico – the last governor of California under Mexican rule. In its...

This impressive bas-relief military memorial is the largest of its kind in the entire US, and stands in remembrance of the Mormon Battalion, the U.S. 1st Dragoons, and the New York Volunteers – who raised the American flag over the fort on July 4, 1847. And underneath the hill, less...

The Cecil Hotel is widely thought to be among the world’s most haunted hotels, with a string of unexplained accidents, deaths, murders, and suicides to its name. Perhaps the most famous is the story of 21-year-old Canadian student Elisa Lam, whose body was discovered in the hotel’s water tank, two...

Once the pride of Los Angeles, the Biltmore Hotel has a markedly troubled past – it's the site of some of LA’s most gruesome murders and unexplained hauntings. Few have captured the public’s imagination more than the story of Elizabeth Short – better known as ‘the Black Dahlia’. She headed...

Located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, The Golden Gopher is a local hotspot with a history that's as rich as its drinks. Behind the neon lights and modern ambiance, it carries a century-old story. It is said that the establishment, dating back to 1905, was one of the...

The Formosa Café was founded by 1920s prize-fighter Jimmy Bernstein in 1925, and in the decades that followed it build up a loyal clientele. The Samuel Goldwyn movie studio used to sit opposite the cafe, and stars including James Dean, Clark Gable, and Humphrey Bogart are among the famous names...

The annual Academy Awards ceremony regularly ticks over the 3-hour mark these days, but in its early years it lasted 15 minutes, and took place here at the Roosevelt. The hotel was built by Louis B. Meyer, Sid Grauman, Douglas Fairbanks, and Mary Pickford - the latter two being Hollywood’s...

Once just a lemon grove, the land that the Charlie Chaplin Studios sits on was bought by the actor in the earliest days of Hollywood’s rising fame and fortune. From 1917 to 1953 the studios produced classics including ‘The Kid’ (1921), though today the property is owned by Jim Henson...