A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

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

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

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.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

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.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

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

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.