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One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

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

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.