Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

Peek inside Howard Hughes' garage at this Hollywood-themed art installation.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

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

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

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

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

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.