A remote one-room schoolhouse on Catalina Island, once a lifeline for local children, now abandoned.

Home to a massive collection curated by the Burbank Historical Society, this museum examines every aspect of life in the city known for aviation and the film industry.

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

A museum and apothecary garden devoted to the history of frontier medicine.

A quirky mishmash of Route 66 memorabilia and other throwbacks from the past.

The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

In the "Danish Capital of America," a replica of one of Copenhagen's most iconic buildings.

An unexpected connection to Chicago awaits visitors on an island just off the California coast.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

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

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.