A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

The final resting place of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and talented actors is on the grounds of a California Mission.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.