Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

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

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Around the perimeter of San Francisco’s second-largest park is a meandering 2.7-mile path designed to inspire contemplation.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.