A modern day curiosity cabinet.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

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

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

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

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

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

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

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

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.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

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

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

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

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