Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

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

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.