The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

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

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

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

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.