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Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

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

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.