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A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.

A gap in the concrete has been transformed into a miniature playground for the mind.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

Nestled in Coachella Valley, this museum transports guests from the Mesozoic Era, to the land of Egyptian kings.

Of all the origin stories for weed's secret code, this one likely has the goods.

Educational foundation that teaches the powers of fourth dimensional physical properties.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

The small family-run business has kept alive the fading art of creating beautiful handmade book covers.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.