A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

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

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

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

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.