Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.