An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

A newspaper building that made radio history.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

The world's first disc golf course has the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a neighbor.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

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

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.