This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

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

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.