Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

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

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.