With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

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

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

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

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

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

Oldest building in California still in use.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

It would be a crime to miss it.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Catch a glimpse of the elusive Peninsular bighorns right off of the desert freeway.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

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