After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

Will Geer's outdoor theater started as a mountain retreat for actors, musicians, and other artists who were blacklisted during the Red Scare.

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

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

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

The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49

Anza led the first Spanish settlers from Mexico to Monterey, California in the 1770s.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

A forgotten tribute to a South American hero hidden in a cluster of traffic islands.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

A tribute to the movie stars who fought to keep Beverly Hills separate from Los Angeles.

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

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

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

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

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

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.