This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.