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

Handmade treasures from around the world.

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

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

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

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

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

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

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

"Only the devil could play golf here."

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.