This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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.

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

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

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

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.

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

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

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

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

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

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

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

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

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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