Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

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

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

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

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

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Enjoy a tour of oddities and makeshift monsters at this souvenir store with an offbeat sense of humor.

The holiday spirit lingers year-round in the "Christmas City of the High Plains."

A unique blue and yellow phone booth in America's "Little Sweden."

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.