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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A military vehicle collection, showcasing how war transportation advanced from horse drawn artillery to self propelled cannons.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

Catch a glimpse of the elusive Peninsular bighorns right off of the desert freeway.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

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

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

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

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

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

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

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.