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

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

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

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

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

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

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

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

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