In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

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

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.