A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

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

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

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

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

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

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