Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

A landmark for a trailblazer for female architects and the designer of one of the most famous and opulent buildings in California.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.