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

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

Half of a house.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

A large instrument played by the wind.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

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

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

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

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

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

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.