The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

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

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

An Airy Would-Be Solution to a Housing Shortage.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

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

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

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

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Antiques by the Bay.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.