Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

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

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

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

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.