Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

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

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

This iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.

Sit at the "Disney table,” where Walt and his team of "imagineers" once dined on the regular.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.