The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

This grand memorial remembers the 20 members of the Los Angeles Times killed when the office was bombed.

This house turned museum chronicles the life and work of Richard Neutra.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

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

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

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

The ruins of an early-18th-century complex that could once house up to 12,000 horses.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

An ancient Phoenician citadel once stood at the site where Queen Dido first landed, according to legend.

A colossal statue with a controversial past, forgotten for more than 30 years.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.