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Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

A relief that wraps around the concourse of Los Angeles's World Trade Center marks one of the city's failed urban design plans.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

A sparse, solitary sequoia still stands as a living tribute to the famous conservationist who planted it—but it's dying.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

This park is home to well over 100 handmade birdhouses.

This unique bed and breakfast was first constructed during the 1800s by a Russian immigrant family.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026

Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

This small oasis of flora and art was created in remembrance of a local auto business owner.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.