From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

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

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

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

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

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

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.