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

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

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

Oldest building in California still in use.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

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

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