Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

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

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

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

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

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

A landmark for a trailblazer for female architects and the designer of one of the most famous and opulent buildings in California.

A Community Cornerstone.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

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

These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.