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

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

Mexican food and folk art.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

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

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

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

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

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

The last Americana on Route 66.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.