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Point Vicente Lighthouse

Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Point Vicente Lighthouse

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

Watts Towers

Los Angeles, California

Watts Towers

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Wayfarer's Chapel

Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Wayfarers Chapel

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Mission San Juan Capistrano

San Juan Capistrano, California

Mission San Juan Capistrano

Oldest building in California still in use.

Torrance High School.

Torrance, California

Torrance High School

One of California's oldest continually used high schools has an interesting history, both on and off screen.

Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum

Compton, California

Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

9/10/2019

Los Angeles, California

Korean Bell of Friendship

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Fort Macarthur Museum

Los Angeles, California

Fort Macarthur Museum

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

Sunken City

Los Angeles, California

Sunken City

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Victoria Beach's Pirate Tower

Laguna Beach, California

Victoria Beach's Pirate Tower

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

Lite-A-Line
Permanently Closed

Long Beach, California

Looff's Lite-A-Line

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

The RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach Harbor.

Long Beach, California

RMS Queen Mary

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Island Grissom, one of the THUMS Islands
Permanently Closed

Long Beach, California

Astronaut Islands

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

Petrified Tree

Anaheim, California

Petrified Tree

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

Bunnyhenge

Newport Beach, California

Bunnyhenge

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

The Biggest Board at the International Surfing Museum

Huntington Beach, California

World's Largest Surfboard

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

The Skinny House

Long Beach, California

The Skinniest House in America

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

The Newland House is the oldest residence in the community that would become Huntington Beach.

Huntington Beach, California

Newland House Museum

The oldest home in Huntington Beach, the farmhouse is a monument to the region's pioneer past.

Water Use, a "creek" that runs through the park

Costa Mesa, California

California Scenario

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

Don the Beachcomber interior.
Permanently Closed

Huntington Beach, California

Don The Beachcomber

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

Julian Hathaway demonstrating a derrick for the General Petroleum Corporation, 1928.

Santa Fe Springs, California

Hathaway Ranch and Oil Museum

Working mining and drilling equipment demonstrate 150 years of energy history.

Hsi Lai Temple

Hacienda Heights, California

Hsi Lai Temple

An unexpected and peaceful oasis on a hillside.

Brea Redwood Grove

Brea, California

Brea Redwood Grove

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

Rudolph and his wife Elizabeth pose next to the mother tree.

La Habra Heights, California

The Hass Avocado Mother Tree

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

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