The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

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

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.