Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

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

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

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

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

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

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

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

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

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.