Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.