This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

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

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Because there's no place like home.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.