Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

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

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

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

The final resting place of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and talented actors is on the grounds of a California Mission.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.