An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

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

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

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

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.