California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

A Community Cornerstone.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.

Astronomers plan to launch a space telescope into orbit, to find out what exactly stands in the way of an asteroid hitting Earth.

A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.

Home of the "Father of Forestry."

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.