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

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

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

This postmodern apartment block was designed to be a vertical neighborhood.

A controversial art piece that harkens back to local folklore.

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

Invading U.S. troops were first seen from this now-abandoned tower, leading to the Spanish-American War.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

This 75-year-old Shakespearean sculpture is painted by a local artist for every season.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.