A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

The mysterious, untimely death of a Canned Heat band member still haunts this unfinished home.

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.

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

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

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

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

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.