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

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

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

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

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

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.