The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

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

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

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

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

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.