Pasadena, California
Pasadena Playhouse
"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.
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Pasadena, California
"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.
Pasadena, California
The American Home, Re-imagined.
Pasadena, California
Pasadena’s Stonehenge.
Pasadena, California
This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.
Pasadena, California
Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.
Sierra Madre, California
Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.
Pasadena, California
A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.
Arcadia, California
Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.
Arcadia, California
A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.
Pico Rivera, California
The small family-run business has kept alive the fading art of creating beautiful handmade book covers.
South El Monte, California
A military vehicle collection, showcasing how war transportation advanced from horse drawn artillery to self propelled cannons.
Huntington Park, California
Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Hawthorne, California
The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.
Hawthorne, California
The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.
El Segundo, California
Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.
Los Angeles, California
A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.
Manhattan Beach, California
The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.
Palos Verdes Estates, California
Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.
Torrance, California
This Chinese art gallery is hidden inside the Sunrider Corporation headquarters.
Torrance, California
One of California's oldest continually used high schools has an interesting history, both on and off screen.