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

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

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

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

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

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.