The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

A tribute to the movie stars who fought to keep Beverly Hills separate from Los Angeles.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

A very tiny church, bisected by a now-dead oak tree and marooned in the middle of a shopping center parking lot.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

These two K-9 memorials commemorate the sister cities of Edinburgh and San Diego.

The Gaslamp District's oldest bar sports a urinal marked with a golden plaque that was allegedly used by Mick Jagger.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

Home of the "Father of Forestry."

A newspaper building that made radio history.

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

Pasadena’s Stonehenge.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

A tribute to the disposable cups that were once manufactured here, this 68-foot-tall statue would be difficult to throw away.

A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

A 50-foot-tall replica of the infamous lamp from 'A Christmas Story' illuminates this small town.

The childhood home of the Wright Brothers in Dayton.