Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

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

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

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

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

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

The last of its kind in the country.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

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

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.