The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

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

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

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

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

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

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

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.