One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

A lovely summer day by the sea becomes a nightmare.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

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

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

Anza led the first Spanish settlers from Mexico to Monterey, California in the 1770s.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.