A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

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

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

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

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

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.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.