Wild West history in Hollywood style.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

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

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

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

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

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

A large instrument played by the wind.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.