Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

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

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

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for nearly a century.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.