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

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

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

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

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

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

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

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

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

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

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

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

The last of its kind in the country.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.