Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

This Taoist temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California.

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

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

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

An abandoned lot littered with concrete debris was once the home of the world's first female railroad president.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A monument to the frontier doctor who came up with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line.

The short oil boom of Venice Beach, and its swift removal from the tourism-laden landscape.

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.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.