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

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

An urban laboratory.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

The former home of the famed revolutionary Pancho Villa is now a museum in his honor.

This 80-year old mannequin is so lifelike it is believed to be an embalmed corpse.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

The first all glass and steel residence in the United States.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

Blink and you may miss this rustic pioneer cemetery.

Celebrating the accomplishments of Black firefighters in Los Angeles.