The End

Up for sale: Downtown Los Angeles' Morrison Hotel, where Jim Morrison and crew shot the famous cover to the Doors' 1970 album "Morrison Hotel."

According to the Downtown News, owners Hope Pico Company could fetch between $7 million and $9 million for the property.

Alas, the famous window from the album cover, from which the band peer under the words "Morrison Hotel," is long gone. And it will take some serious cash to turn around the property, which has been neglected for decades.

Famed photographer Henry Diltz -- whom Maria has had the chance to work with -- recounts to the Downtown News how the cover shoot almost didn't happen:

Diltz said he told the building manager they were going to take a few photos, but the manager insisted that they get permission from the owner, who wasn't around. The group walked outside dejected, but then Diltz noticed the manager had taken the elevator upstairs. Diltz told the band to rush inside for a few quick shots.

"They ran in and just fell into those places," said Diltz, who added that lawyers for the Doors' record company ultimately had to secure permission from the hotel owner to use the photo.