Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

The last Americana on Route 66.

In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

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

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

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

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for nearly a century.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

A monument to the frontier doctor who came up with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.