In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

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

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

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

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.