This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

Many generations of travelers have passed through the steep, smooth walls of this canyon.

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.

The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

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

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

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

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

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

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

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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