The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

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

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.