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

A Community Cornerstone.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.