Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

A large instrument played by the wind.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

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

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

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

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

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

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