A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.