The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

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

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

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

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

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

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

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

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

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

The diverse and sometimes odd cultural heritage of the Golden State is collected, examined, and displayed in this proud museum.

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.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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