Topanga, California
Great Wall of Topanga
You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?
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Topanga, California
You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?
Los Angeles, California
Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.
Pasadena, California
A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.
Oroville, California
The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.
Monterey, California
Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.
Malibu, California
A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.
Davis, California
Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.
Monterey, California
The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.
San Francisco, California
The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.
Compton, California
This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.
Los Angeles, California
Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.
Malibu, California
Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.
Sacramento, California
Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.
Malibu, California
The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.
Hawthorne, California
The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.
Menlo Park, California
A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.
South Pasadena, California
Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.
San Francisco, California
This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.
San Francisco, California
One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.
San Francisco, California
These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.
Kingsburg, California
A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.
San Diego, California
One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.
Los Angeles, California
A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.
Los Angeles, California
A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.