The "Seinfeld" diner.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

The real-life ‘Severance’ office building.

This water tower commemorates the invention of the transistor on this site in 1947.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.

The largest memorial to the Armenian Genocide in the United States.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

A giant stalk of celery honors the Japanese farmers who once cultivated the area.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

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

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

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

Home to an apple tree that can produce 25 different varieties of fruit.

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

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.