A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

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

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

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

This San Diego museum, housed in a former Navy training facility, is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Because there's no place like home.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

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

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.