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

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

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

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

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

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.