A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

The world's first disc golf course has the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a neighbor.

Mid-Century Modern Meets Millionaire’s Row.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A newspaper building that made radio history.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The final resting place of the songwriter who penned “Take Me Out To The Ball Game."

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

The oldest home in Huntington Beach, the farmhouse is a monument to the region's pioneer past.

A forgotten tribute to a South American hero hidden in a cluster of traffic islands.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.