This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

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

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

Antiques by the Bay.

An Airy Would-Be Solution to a Housing Shortage.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

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

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

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

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

"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.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

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

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.