The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

A repository of Pasadena history.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

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

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

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