Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

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

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

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

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.

It would be a crime to miss it.

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

The final resting place of a woman who never gave up on love.