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This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

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

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

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

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

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

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

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.