Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

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

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

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

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

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