The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

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

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

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

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

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.