A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

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

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

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

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

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

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.