L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Oldest building in California still in use.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

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

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

A landmark for a trailblazer for female architects and the designer of one of the most famous and opulent buildings in California.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

A newspaper building that made radio history.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

This magnificent mausoleum is as much a work of art as it is a historic resting place.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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