Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

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

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

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

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

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

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.

An 11th-century medieval castle cascades over the town of Numão.

This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.