"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft perfume fragrances.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

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

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

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

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

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.