Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

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

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Oldest building in California still in use.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

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

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

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.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

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.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

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

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.