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

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

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

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Mexican food and folk art.

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

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

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

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

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

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.