This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"