Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

At the western edge of Palm Springs, a rugged desert canyon trail leads to a waterfall at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains.

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

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

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

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

At this local mall, visitors are ushered through a 1940s jail exhibit.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

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

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

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

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

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

You don't have to be a diplomat to visit the so-called Camp David of the West.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

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

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.