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

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

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Mexican food and folk art.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

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

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

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

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.