Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

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

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

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

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

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 grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.