L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

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

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

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

The largest drain hole in the world.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

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

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

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

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.