Astronomers plan to launch a space telescope into orbit, to find out what exactly stands in the way of an asteroid hitting Earth.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

Behind legendary Meltdown Comics is a marker for an engineered musical roadway of the Tehachapi, the great road builders of Kcymaerxthaere.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

Celebrating the accomplishments of Black firefighters in Los Angeles.

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

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

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

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

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

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

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.