The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A simple statue outside a California Amtrak station honors the overlooked contributions of the "silent spikes."

You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

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

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

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

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.