Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Where the first "expert riders, willing to risk death daily" for the Pony Express were recruited.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.