The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

This beloved, whimsical weiner topped an eclectic variety of Los Angeles buildings, including a Thai restaurant and an advertising agency.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

You don't have to be a diplomat to visit the so-called Camp David of the West.

An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.

A monument to the frontier doctor who came up with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A four paneled, brightly multicolored mosaic adorns the side of this popular grocery store.

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

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

This iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.

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