A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

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

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

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

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.