A replica of the first public theater built in California.

This grand memorial remembers the 20 members of the Los Angeles Times killed when the office was bombed.

A unique museum where guests can rent and operate a locomotive.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

The short oil boom of Venice Beach, and its swift removal from the tourism-laden landscape.

Outside San Francisco lies a small clown cemetery and memorial.

Here, Father Agapius Honcharenko established his homestead, becoming the first nationally conscious Ukrainian to settle in the United States.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

Don't bother sending any mail to this ghost town.

A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

While you're unlikely to find riches here these days, this remote mine is a time capsule of the Gold Rush era.

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.

A rich history stashed behind an unassuming door in the heart of Gold Country.

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.