A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

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

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

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

The mysterious, untimely death of a Canned Heat band member still haunts this unfinished home.

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

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

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.