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In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

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

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

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

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

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

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."