Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Because there's no place like home.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.