A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

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

The last of its kind in the country.

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

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

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

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

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

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

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

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

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

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