Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

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

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

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

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

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

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

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The largest drain hole in the world.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.