This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Where decommissioned airplanes and helicopters go to become part of Hollywood.

One of California's oldest continually used high schools has an interesting history, both on and off screen.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

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

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

This house turned museum chronicles the life and work of Richard Neutra.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

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

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.