The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

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

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

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

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

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.