These boots are made for selfies.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

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

"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."

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.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.