Let’s pay a visit to the star-studded Westwood Village Memorial Park

For tourists visiting Hollywood, it can be frustratingly difficult to spot celebrities “in the wild,” so to speak. Sure, a traveler can get lucky and occasionally see a world-famous star patronizing a local restaurant or store, just like a regular person, but this is dicey at best and based purely on coincidence. Those much-hyped tours of the stars’ homes are no good either, since generally, the hedges and iron gates of the famous are all that one can see from the vantage point of a tour bus. So where is a star-spotter to go in Tinseltown? One good suggestion is the Westwood Village Memorial Park, final resting place of countless showbiz notables, ranging from Marilyn Monroe to Dean Martin to Frank Zappa. Internet adventurer Adam The Woo recently stopped by Westwood Village, and he has filed a video report entitled “The ‘Secret’ Hidden Celebrity Cemetery.” That intriguing title alludes to the fact that the cemetery, although storied in Hollywood lore, is not obvious from the street. “Right here,” the host says, “among all of these buildings is a very minute, secretive cemetery that a lot of people do not realize exists.”