A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

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

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

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

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

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

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

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

Tucked away along a riverbend in an area known for its uranium mines is one of the world's tallest locks.

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

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

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

The oldest home in Huntington Beach, the farmhouse is a monument to the region's pioneer past.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

This magnificent mausoleum is as much a work of art as it is a historic resting place.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.