What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

One of California's oldest continually used high schools has an interesting history, both on and off screen.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

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

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.