A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

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

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.