Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

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

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Because there's no place like home.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

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

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

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

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

The Lincoln Memorial has inspired many, even though a word on the inscription appears to be spelled incorrectly.