This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

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

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

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

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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.

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

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

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.