This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

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

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

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

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

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.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

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

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.