This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

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

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

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

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.

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

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

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

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.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

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.