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

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

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.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

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

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

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

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

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

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.