The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

Mexican food and folk art.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

The oldest home in Huntington Beach, the farmhouse is a monument to the region's pioneer past.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.