A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

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

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

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

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.