Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

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.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

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

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

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

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

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

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

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

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

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.