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

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

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

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

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

Oldest building in California still in use.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Because there's no place like home.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

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

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.