A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

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

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

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

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 tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

An unexpected and peaceful oasis on a hillside.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

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

The restored estate of a wealthy rancher was once at the heart of an unprecedented legal victory.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.