World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

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

Because there's no place like home.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

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

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