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A modern frieze of ancient Grecian mythological figures playing a national pastime.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

Outside San Francisco lies a small clown cemetery and memorial.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

This hiking/biking/horse trail along an old railroad grade features trestles, tunnels, and a roadless stretch through the scenic Susan River canyon.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

The man who voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and more has a headstone reading, "That's all, folks!"

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

The oldest pictographs on this decorated rock formation in California's Carrizo Plain date back as many as 4,000 years.

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

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.

The Hollywood home of Kermit the Frog and Yoda used to be Charlie Chaplin's film studio.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

Exquisite irises bloom every spring in this hillside garden.