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

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

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

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

The world's first disc golf course has the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a neighbor.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

An entertaining journey through the odd and strange awaits visitors to this shop.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.