A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

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

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection.