A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

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

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

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

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.