This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

These artworks take you traveling to mythical medieval Europe, the politicized grape fields of 1960s California, and deep below sea level.

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

Its vast collection details the history of this Santa Barbara beach town.

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

A statue of one of Mexico's founding fathers, located... not in Mexico

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

This bronze statue commemorates the strange and beloved mascot of UC Irvine—the only university to be represented by a giant anteater.

Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

The final resting place of the songwriter who penned “Take Me Out To The Ball Game."

A very tiny church, bisected by a now-dead oak tree and marooned in the middle of a shopping center parking lot.