A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

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.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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

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

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

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

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

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.