The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

The largest drain hole in the world.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

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

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.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

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

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

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