Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

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.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

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

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.