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

Hidden away among the quiet streets of Beverly Hills, this small park is a haven for walkers and wildlife.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

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

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.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

One of California's oldest continually used high schools has an interesting history, both on and off screen.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

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

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

A unique shopping and dining park created from old shipping containers and filled with local businesses.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.