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Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

The first all glass and steel residence in the United States.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

These artworks take you traveling to mythical medieval Europe, the politicized grape fields of 1960s California, and deep below sea level.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

This magnificent mausoleum is as much a work of art as it is a historic resting place.

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.