Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

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

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

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

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

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

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

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

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.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.