Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

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

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

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

Will Geer's outdoor theater started as a mountain retreat for actors, musicians, and other artists who were blacklisted during the Red Scare.

You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

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