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The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

The final resting place of the songwriter who penned “Take Me Out To The Ball Game."

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

A monument to the frontier doctor who came up with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

One of only five observatories in the world built to measure the Earth's wobble.

This childhood throwback has hundreds of arcade games and pinball machines to transport you back in time.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.