A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

Get three sheets to the wind at this desert winery with a nautical theme.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

This historic Chinese church was relocated and revived as a museum that preserves and celebrates Chinese art, history, and culture.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

This tiny chapel withstood a massive mudslide and flash flood.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

A hidden workshop for creating and restoring Papal mosaic masterpieces.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.