Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

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

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

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.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.