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The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

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

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

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

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.