This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

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

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

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

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.