On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Mexican food and folk art.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

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 seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.