A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

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

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

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

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

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

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 final resting place of a space program monolith.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

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

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

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.