Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

An abandoned convention space that has been left to the homeless and the radical.

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

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

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

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

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

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

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

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

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

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.