Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Because there's no place like home.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.