The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

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

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.