The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

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

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

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

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.