The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

This childhood throwback has hundreds of arcade games and pinball machines to transport you back in time.

The ruins of the movie ranch owned by actor and stuntman Ray "Crash" Corrigan.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

Its vast collection details the history of this Santa Barbara beach town.

A relief that wraps around the concourse of Los Angeles's World Trade Center marks one of the city's failed urban design plans.

This park is home to well over 100 handmade birdhouses.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawai'i.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

Parts of this sprawling temple complex are deteriorating, but its founder’s body remains intact.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.