San Diego, California
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.
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San Diego, California
The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.
Escondido, California
A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.
San Juan Capistrano, California
Oldest building in California still in use.
Garden Grove, California
Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.
Los Angeles, California
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
Beverly Hills, California
Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.
Beverly Hills, California
The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.
Los Angeles, California
This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.
Santa Monica, California
"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."
Santa Monica, California
A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.
Los Angeles, California
This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.
Inverness, California
The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.
Olema, California
'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.
San Francisco, California
This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.
Woodside, California
This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Palo Alto, California
Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.
Palo Alto, California
Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Santa Cruz, California
A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.