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Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

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

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

The ruins of the movie ranch owned by actor and stuntman Ray "Crash" Corrigan.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

Working mining and drilling equipment demonstrate 150 years of energy history.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

The small family-run business has kept alive the fading art of creating beautiful handmade book covers.

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

The restored estate of a wealthy rancher was once at the heart of an unprecedented legal victory.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.