Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

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

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

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

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

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

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

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