View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

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

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

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

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.