This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

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

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

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Mexican food and folk art.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

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.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

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.

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