This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

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

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

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

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

A key producer of charcoal iron in the early 1800s, the structure still stands today.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.