Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

This mission, established in 1771, is the most remote of California’s Franciscan missions.

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Built around 1723, this is the oldest surviving home in the U.S.'s oldest colonial city.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

This saltwater swimming pool, which is the last of its kind in the United States, is slowly crumbling within sight of multiple high-end beachside hotels.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

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

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

This house turned museum chronicles the life and work of Richard Neutra.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

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.