View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

Because there's no place like home.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.