San Diego, California
El Campo Santo Cemetery
This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.
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San Diego, California
This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.
Los Angeles, California
Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.
Encinitas, California
These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.
San Francisco, California
A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.
San Francisco, California
A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.
Topanga, California
You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?
Vallejo, California
The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.
Pasadena, California
"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.
Oakland, California
A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026
Lompoc, California
With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.
Malibu, California
Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.
Sebastopol, California
Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.
Pasadena, California
This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.
Los Angeles, California
This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.
Salinas, California
Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.
Sutter, California
Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.
Sacramento, California
Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.
Los Angeles, California
The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.
West Sacramento, California
A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.
Sacramento, California
This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.
Sausalito, California
A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.
San Francisco, California
This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.
Los Angeles, California
Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.