Santa Barbara, California
Moreton Bay Fig Tree
The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.
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Santa Barbara, California
The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.
Pasadena, California
"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.
Pasadena, California
A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.
Rancho Mirage, California
You don't have to be a diplomat to visit the so-called Camp David of the West.
Tehachapi, California
Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.
Portola Valley, California
The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.
Monterey, California
The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.
Los Angeles, California
Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.
Alameda, California
A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.
San Francisco, California
A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.
Monterey, California
The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.
Brea, California
A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.
Pasadena, California
Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.
Rough and Ready, California
The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.
Los Angeles, California
The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.
Boonville, California
A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.
Sacramento, California
At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.
Malibu, California
Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.
Sutter, California
Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.
Los Angeles, California
A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.
Altadena, California
This magnificent mausoleum is as much a work of art as it is a historic resting place.
Los Angeles, California
These artworks take you traveling to mythical medieval Europe, the politicized grape fields of 1960s California, and deep below sea level.
San Diego, California
This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.
San Rafael, California
Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.