Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

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

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

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

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

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

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

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

The last of its kind in the country.

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

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.