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President Ronald Reagan with Caspar Weinberger, George Bush, Ed Meese, John Vessey, James Baker, Robert Mcfarlane, and George Shultz in a National Security Planning Group Meeting in The Situation Room, 10/23/1983

Simi Valley, California

Ronald Reagan’s Situation Room

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

The site today.

Maricopa, California

Lakeview Gusher

Remnants of the United States's largest accidental oil spill still mar a California valley.

Wallace Creek crossing the San Andreas Fault.

Santa Margarita, California

Wallace Creek

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.

Motel Inn

San Luis Obispo, California

Motel Inn

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

Ah Louis Store - View from across Palm Street.

San Luis Obispo, California

Ah Louis Store

One of the last surviving buildings of a once large and thriving Chinatown.

The Mantis seen with the Container Park entrance sign.

Las Vegas, Nevada

'The Mantis'

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Formosa Cafe

West Hollywood, California

Formosa Cafe

Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.

The front of the showroom on Ventura Boulevard.

Los Angeles, California

Casa de Cadillac

Glass-walled, mid-century modern showroom for cars, still in operation.

Kaweah Post Office

Three Rivers, California

Kaweah Post Office

This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.

Here's what the shoe looked like when it was Deschwanden's.

Bakersfield, California

Big Shoe Repair

Get your footwear fixed inside a 30-foot-long shoe built by an obsessive cobbler in 1947.

Japanese Fishing Shrine, Umi Mamori Jizo

Honolulu, Hawaii

Japanese Fishing Shrine (Umi Mamori Jizo)

A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.

Zoro (Butterfly) Garden today

San Diego, California

Zoro Garden

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

The Wrigley Memorial as seen from the gardens. (Photograph by Jeremias Paul)

Avalon, California

Wrigley Memorial and Botanical Garden

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

The placard at the site.

Riverside, California

The Parent Washington Navel Tree

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

Tio's Tacos

Riverside, California

Tio's Tacos

Mexican food and folk art.

Cold Spring Arch Bridge from Stagecoach Road

Santa Barbara, California

Cold Spring Canyon Arch Bridge

California's largest steel arch bridge.

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park

Santa Barbara, California

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

Circus Liquor sign

Los Angeles, California

Circus Liquor Clown

This iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.

Descanso Gardens

La Cañada Flintridge, California

Descanso Gardens

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

A small portion of the exhibits at the Goldstone Visitor's Center.

Barstow, California

NASA Goldstone Visitor’s Center

A small space-exploration exhibit hidden in a hotel.

Balboa Park Botanical Building

San Diego, California

Balboa Park Botanical Building and Lily Pond

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

Inside Mothership at the Bar

San Diego, California

Mothership

Sip on supernatural cosmic cocktails at this spaceship themed speakeasy.

Devils Punchbowl

Otter Rock, Oregon

Devils Punchbowl

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

Lompoc Valley Drive-In Theatre.

Lompoc, California

Lompoc Valley Drive-In

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

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