This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

A military vehicle collection, showcasing how war transportation advanced from horse drawn artillery to self propelled cannons.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Tucked away behind an unassuming set of shops is a must-see series of stunning murals.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.