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.

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

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

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

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

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

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.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

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

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.