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

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

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

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

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

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

The American Home, Re-imagined.

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

A Community Cornerstone.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

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

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.