A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

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.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

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

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

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.