27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

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

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

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

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

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

Mexican food and folk art.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.