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

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

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

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Half of a house.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.