A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

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

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.