A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

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

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.