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.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

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

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

This 19th-century ranch is being transformed into a residential library with thousands of books about the natural world.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

This stone marker honors the man who released Canada goose goslings in Fort Collins, Colorado.