A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

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

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

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