California Babylon

California Babylon: A Guide to Sites of Scandal, Mayhem, and Celluloid in the Golden State contains every interesting, spooky, scandalous and marvelous site worth visiting in the great state of California. This nearly three-hundred page book mentions such places as the real-life Nightmare on Elm Street house, Walt Disney's first studio, the Zodiac killer murder and escape site and the Patty Hearst captivity apartment. Every place that made California what it is today is packed in this book, which includes addresses, pictures and descriptions of locations and why they are noteworthy.

The book is broken down by regions, then cities and towns and contains so much info about every area in the Golden State that you'll feel like an expert before you're done with it. It's truly a gem for site-seers and those who want to know what California really has to offer.