This "castle" is actually a limestone and quartz formation hidden along a trail.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

The freeway that never was.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

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.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

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

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.