Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

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

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

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

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

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.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

The last of its kind in the country.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.