A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

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

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.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.