Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

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.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

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

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

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.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.