The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.