A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

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

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

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.

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

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

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

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

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

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

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