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

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

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

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.