From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

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

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

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

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

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

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.