Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Oldest building in California still in use.

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

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

A commonwealth favorite in the heart of Pasadena.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

Pasadena’s Stonehenge.

This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.

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

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

A newspaper building that made radio history.

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

A landmark for a trailblazer for female architects and the designer of one of the most famous and opulent buildings in California.