Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

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

The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

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

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

The small family-run business has kept alive the fading art of creating beautiful handmade book covers.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.