In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

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

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

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

The last of its kind in the country.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.