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.

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

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.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, never been to New York.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.