This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

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

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

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

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

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

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.