Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

This is one really big nut.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

A landmark for a trailblazer for female architects and the designer of one of the most famous and opulent buildings in California.

A newspaper building that made radio history.

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

This iconic fortress was once the crown jewel of Haiti's national defense.

The royal seat of Henri Christophe, a formerly enslaved man who became Haiti's only king.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

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