Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

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

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

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

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

This magnificent mausoleum is as much a work of art as it is a historic resting place.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

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.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.