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

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.