A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

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

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

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

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

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

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

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.