A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

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

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

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.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

Mexican food and folk art.

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

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.