In the 1940s, Howard Hughes bought the peak next to the Hollywood Sign to build a house for Ginger Rogers; in 2010 more than 100 acres of it became part of Griffith Park

Get Parade in your Google feedHoward Hughes, an American business magnate, aviator and Hollywood film producer, bought a 138-acre mountaintop just west of the iconic Hollywood Sign in the 1940s with plans to build an estate for actress Ginger Rogers.Despite taking the first step toward the ambitious real estate project, his plan never came to fruition.