A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Mexican food and folk art.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

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

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

The largest drain hole in the world.