An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.

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

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

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

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

Inside this library turned museum, the history of Modesto and Stanislaus County is on full display.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

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

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.