Monterey, California
San Carlos Cathedral
The oldest continuously operating church in California.
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Monterey, California
The oldest continuously operating church in California.
Goleta, California
A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.
Santa Barbara, California
Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.
La Habra Heights, California
About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.
Los Angeles, California
First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.
Los Angeles, California
Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.
Los Angeles, California
The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.
Los Angeles, California
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
West Hollywood, California
An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.
Los Angeles, California
This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.
Los Angeles, California
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Los Angeles, California
There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.
Los Angeles, California
A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.
Los Angeles, California
A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.
Los Angeles, California
Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.
Los Angeles, California
Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.
Los Angeles, California
This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.
Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Los Angeles, California
It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.
Los Angeles, California
A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.
Los Angeles, California
The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.
Los Angeles, California
An enchanted arts space which assumes infinite identities.
Los Angeles, California
A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.