I spent 20 days building a 6-foot tall "miniature" wizard tower! This project features miniature models by Loot Studios.

And fantasy is the real business of Los Angeles. There is another wizard associated with Culver City: Oz. The 1939 film was shot on what is now the Sony Pictures lot, then owned by MGM.

The existing hotel, completed in 1984, is a 24-story tower with 495 rooms, General Manager Mark Davis said. More than 70% of the guests are there to visit Universal Studios Hollywood.