An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

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

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.

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

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

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

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

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

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

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

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

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

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.