One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

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

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Oldest building in California still in use.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

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

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.