The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

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

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

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

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.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

The largest drain hole in the world.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.