Experience the glam side of air travel without leaving the ground at this speakeasy.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

A monument to the frontier doctor who came up with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.

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

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

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

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.