Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

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.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

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

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

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.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

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

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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

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

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.