A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

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

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

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

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.