Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

She asked for a potato cellar and over the next 23 years he gave her a network of holy caves.

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

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

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

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

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

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

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.

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

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.