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Home of the "Father of Forestry."

This grand memorial remembers the 20 members of the Los Angeles Times killed when the office was bombed.

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

Two pillars set 10 paces apart commemorate the "last notable American duel."

After the nearby mercury mine shut down, this town was abandoned and declared a Superfund site.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

Working mining and drilling equipment demonstrate 150 years of energy history.

The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.

A monument to the legacy of the man who created Spongebob Squarepants at the school where his passion for art and marine biology began.

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.

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

The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.

These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

Exquisite irises bloom every spring in this hillside garden.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.