A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

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

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

The last of its kind in the country.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

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

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

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

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

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.