California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

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

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

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

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Formerly Fire Station No. 27, the museum is a hidden gem in the heart of Hollywood.

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

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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