Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

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

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

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

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

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

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

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

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

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

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

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

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.