Places lithophor Wants to Go

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.

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

The freeway that never was.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

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

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

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

Political debates in a fabulous Pasadena castle.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

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

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.