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

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

Taste rums made with heirloom sugarcane on the distillery's own estate.

Before this area was filled with luxury homes, it was a movie star's 160-acre ranch and a gangster's hideout.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

A local road runs around a memorial to a teenager who died in 1860.

This house is a mosaic of tiled artwork sourced from local artists.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

Oldest building in California still in use.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

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

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.

These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.