The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

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

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

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

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.