The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Half of a house.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.