The same family lived in this Victorian house for nearly 100 years without altering the building.

A four paneled, brightly multicolored mosaic adorns the side of this popular grocery store.

In September 1974, a small group of athletes completed the first modern triathlon event in San Diego's Mission Bay.

A very tiny church, bisected by a now-dead oak tree and marooned in the middle of a shopping center parking lot.

This airfield played a key role in both World War II and the Cold War.

Built as a schoolhouse in 1914, this Mission-style building has also served as a dancehall, a library, an Army canteen, and now a cultural museum.

Sporting Brutalist architecture, this school is hidden amid a quiet suburban neighborhood.

The only museum and archive west of the Mississippi that is dedicated to the study of Abraham Lincoln.

This California museum is home to one of the largest collections related to the 'Treasure Island' author.

A grave dedicated to the pioneers who settled California.

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

The oldest Naval chapel in the United States is home to an incredible collection of Tiffany stained-glass windows.

A vaudeville performer mounted this hollowed-out redwood log onto the chassis of a truck, and toured the country spreading a message of conservation.

At this local mall, visitors are ushered through a 1940s jail exhibit.

A tribute to one man's legacy of improving the accordion's reputation.

A simple statue outside a California Amtrak station honors the overlooked contributions of the "silent spikes."

Inside this library turned museum, the history of Modesto and Stanislaus County is on full display.

An ever-updating collection of retro Americana.

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

Centuries of biking history are nestled in the shadow of the birthplace of contemporary mountain biking.

Eight huge lanterns lining a city street can change color on command.

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

The restored estate of a wealthy rancher was once at the heart of an unprecedented legal victory.

Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.