The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

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

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

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

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

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

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

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

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.