Once home to over 8,000 exiled Hawaiians suffering from Hansen's Disease.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

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

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

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A local prank turned town icon.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

Oldest building in California still in use.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

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

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.