Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

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

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.