The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

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

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

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

Because there's no place like home.

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

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

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

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

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.