An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.