A repository of Pasadena history.

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

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

A newspaper building that made radio history.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Pasadena’s Stonehenge.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

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

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.