Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

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

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

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

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

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

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.